Cabinet for towels



May 24, 1932.

S. A. SCHWARTZ CABINET FOR TOWELS Filed Nov. 12, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l May. 214, 1932- s. A. SCHWARTZ 1,860,208

I I CABINET FOR TOWELS Filed Nov. 12, 1951 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented May 24, 1932 f 1,860,2oa

SAMUEL A. SCHWARTZ, OE ST. MINNESOTA CAB-INET rola?rowersV Application ed ovember 12, 19x31( Serial No. 574,494; y forward edge of theslat and thedoor lO'when This invention relates. tov towel cabinets. lt is the general object ofthis invention .to provide a novel and improved cabinet adapted for efficient use in lavatories andV the .like and wherein a clean towel roll `may beheld adjacent the top of thecabinet.v

To this end, generally stated, the inven tion consists in the novel partsvand novelf combinations of parts hereinafter defined. in the claims and described 1n. the following speciiication, made in connection `with the accompanying drawings7 wherein'like referf ence characters refer to the sameior Vsimilar. parts throughout the various views andl in; ""2 which, a

Fig. 1 is a verticalsection taken from front to rear through a towel cabinet embodying the invention vwithitoweling in. place therein,

the section beingtaken onfthe line i11of Fig. 2; y i

Fig. 2 is a view in front/elevation ofthe cabinet with the dooropenedVonly a prtion of the door beingY shown andthetowel;v ing'being removed from the cabinet;

Fig. 3 is a View in outerxsidefelevationof one oi' the side frames of the cabinet;'

Fig. 4 is a view in outerside elevation of a;

- vation of the mechanism for controlling theH delivery of toweling from the cabinetg'i a portion of the door :of the cabinet being shown in'vertical section; i

`the bolt forming a part Vof `the/said `mecha-l nisrn; and

Fig; S'is a view irl-inner end elevation ot? this same bolt. i v

ln accordance with the invention, there is. provided a casingv9 of reotangular-shapielandhaving an open front normally Aclosed by a` door lOmount'ed onhinges lOafseeured totheorwardedge of 'one side of the casing. Ther casing-9 has solid sides, top and back and it is partly closed at `its bottom by `means of a slat 11, theforward edge lof which'is spaced rearwardly somewhat fromth-efront ofi the casingtoprovide a passage -12A between thei thedoor-isclosed. The rear edge of the Slat His-spacedforwardlyV some distance from the'back of Athe'casing v'to form quite alarge Y `openinglein thebottom of thelcasing. The

door maybe equippedv with a mirror 14,;as

is usual yin"towelcabinets,andZ-eyes 15 may be secured to the-upper portion of the back-v o the `casing .to permit the-cabinet tobe hung f vfy on a wall or -thelikeiV A pairof side 'frames l'fand `17 respectively areprovided and these side frames-are generallyyof-'similar forma .to'adjacent thejtopthereo and the side trame 16'its against fand is secured totheright side 'ofthe-casing, while the otherside ,frame 17 ts 'against and issecured tothe othersideofr the casinggr Both side ;fr'ames1have"outturned 'flanges'at the four `edges 'thereof and i their body portions areltherefore spaced -in-I Wardlysomewhat from the sides of the 'f cas-- 1 A U-shaped trough 18 has vertical arms whichlare-disposed adjacent `the respective* Y side `frames 16 a1`1d217,fbut which have no connection therewith, and these arms have inturned"flangesy at Atheir upper ends by which y y the trough isettached to the top of'the cas- Fig. 6 is a. similar viewshowingthis same mechanism ina diiferentposition; Y

Fig. 7 is a view in inner' side elevation'off which extends approximately vflush withfth'e' front of-.theicasing The-rear portion ofthe as best-shown 1in Fig. 1 .to vextend over the upauf bottomA of theftrough 18 isfupwardly curvedper forwardlquadrant of a clean towel feed A roller `1 9 having trunnions fjournaledrin the two side 'frames 16 and-17 slightlybehind the Y bottonrof theA trough 18.1 A clean towel roll the `trough 18 and' from this clean :towel roll the towelingextends rearwardly over the rear i 20ct towelingA is adapted to be held within-.

porti-on.V of the bottomof trough 18,thence Y may Vtop of a small alining roller 21 having trun- Vnions j'ournaled in theside frames 16A and 17- adjacent the forwardV edges 'thereof and slightly below the forward edgefof the bottom 'of the trough 18. f Slidably mounted on the slatll betweenthe two side frames 16 and 17 is aY plate v22 `having a downwardly rolled Y v forward edge normally fitting withinthe lpassage 12 and an upwardlyrolled rear edge or interlocking portion 23 normally disposed adjacent the back of casing 9. The interlocking portion 23` cooperates with a pair of..

vertically spaced rods 24 loosely mounted in the side frames l16 and 17 adjacent the rear,

corners thereof. The two rods 24 form in effect a cooperatingr interlocking memberforl Y the interlocking portion23. When the door I10 is open, the forward edge of the plate 22 may be grasped andthe plate may be slidy forwardly from the full line position killustrated in Figl, to the dottedY line position` Y there shownlfwhereu'pon the rear part ofthe plate will be withdrawn from above theopenl innl 13.,- VTo retain the plate 22 in rearwardly slid position when the door 10 is clos-edgzvithV the-interlocking? portion y23 urged into en'-` `gagement with the rods 24,*a pair ofrubber pins 25are used and these pins are applied.

to the inner side of the door 1() adjacent the -edgesthere'of for engagementwith the forward edge of the plate 22. -Thetoweling A runs downwardly fromfthe alining roller 21 through the passage v12 forward of the for- 4Ward edge of the plate 22 and depends downwardlybelow the cabinet in a; loop. The

` rear runoff-thev loop oftoweling A extends Thetrunnions of a soiled towel feed roller Aslot 27 is cut in thev side frame 17 above the feedV roller 26 'and this slot is cut radiallyfrel# l ative to the rotatingaxis of the roller 26 and itextendsupwardly and somewhat rearwardlyfrom theroller. An angular s101528 isV cut in the'side'frame 16 and the lower portion of this Vslot* faces and Yis directly opposed ,from theslot 27, while the upper portion ofthe slot y 28 runsforwardly through 'the forward edge of `the/side frame 16. f l'IhetrunnionsA of :a removable soiledttowelY take-up roller 29 are o'urnal'ed within the two slots 27'and 28'and.Y g this Vroll-er together lwith whatevertoweling be .iiound' thereon restsby gravity against the soiled towel feedrollei' 26. As

will benote'dlfrom an inspection of Fig. 1, theV Vroller 29, together with whatevertoweling maybe wound thereon." engages the roller 26V slightly rearwardly and slightly below the Vextreme top portioiiqof thefrollerl 26.v The toweling A afterjpassing between the interlocking portion 23V and thejrods 24 runs up- Y wardlyto the roller 29-and is wound thereon.

drawings."

It should perhaps be here'stated' that the two eed rollers 26 and 19 are covered with sand paper or other frictionmaterial.

, Mounted on the left trunnion of the' twof feed rollers 19 and '26 respectively, are ref spective sprockets 30-and`31 land a sprocket chain 32 istrained over the two .sprockets 30 and v31. The sprockets and sprocket chain are disposed Vbetween thezsideframe Y17 and the left side of the casing'9, as viewed in the n Mounted on the right the soiled towelv feed roller A26, between the side fra-me 16 vand the right side of casing '9, is a disk 34, best illustrated 'in Figs and 6. A pair ofr outwardly projecting pins 35 and 36 respectivelyare securedto thisdislr V34 and in' the particular arrangement shown,Y

the pin 35 is radially spaced closer to the Vcenter of the disk than is the pin 36 andthe l pin 36 islocated incircumferentially spaced relation from the pin 35 a number of degrees inadvance of the pin 3'5relat1ve to the norhand trunnion of mal direction of rotation of the dislr 34. Se-v Y cured'to the side frame 1K6 vbetween the side "l frame 'and the rightV side oficasing A9,'.is a

.channel shaped guidecasing 3 7 horizontally. l

disposed and having. an inturned flange at its forward end.v A sliding bolt 38 is mounted within the channel of the guide casing'37 for sliding'Y movement forwardly and rearwardly thereinyand this bolt has a forwardly -pro-Y jectingpin 39 which extends through a notch in the inturned forward flange Vofthe guide casing 37 and also through anopening `in the forward flange of the side s frame 16. The

door 10 yhas an opening 40 cut therein adapt-V` ed to be alined with the pin 391when the door is closed5 and the door` is recessedto enlarge` opening 40 at the two sides of the door to` accommodatefashouldered push button 41,

the sliding,` movement of which is limited in one directionbythe shoulder ofv .the'push button and isliniited inthe other directionV w by a screwf41a; preventing the. push buttonv from beingfcompletely removed from the opening 40. Aycoiled pressure spring 42 bears at one Vend against the inturned Vfor-r wardV Aflange of guide casing 37 and this:

spring surrounds the pin39 and isk anchored at its other end to the pin. This spring, ac-

cordingly, normally urgesltlie bolt 38 for-` wardly or toward the front of thefcasing. rWhen the door 10 is'closed; the possible forward movement of the holt 38V is limited by lengagement between the forwardend of the pin 39and the screw 41a of the push'b'utton,

'41." `l/Vhen the door 10 isopened, further forward movement of-the'bolt is possible, this movement being only limitedby engagement of the lforward end of the bolt proper with,`

rthe inturned forward flange of the guide casing 37. The vholtV 38 and pin'39 are ofsu'ch length and are so disposedV relativeV to the disk34 that when the door 10/is closed', .the 73 tri .lower'ilrear :corner tof: the bolt will. overlieithe.

upper fforwardiportionfof thegdskgthe inner f rear corner ofthe boltibeingeut awayA at138a to receive this-.portion of the ldish fAfdeeper outzor .channel-.38h is also'smade `in .thev lower ...rear vcorner of the bolt to .-forrn'twofshoulders `38c^and '38d` spaoedrornV each Aother'oriethe bolt. The channel 386A is. of's'u'iiieient'depthpto permit the pins 35 and 36tovpass'through this channel withoutstriking the :bolt 38, if

aszishownyin lFig. 5;.ther shoulder. 380 will be the path of movement ofthepin 35e-nd.

the Lpin, 36, when `the 7 pin: i 35 1 engages .the

Vshoulder 380, will be inzthezpath.ofmovementv .offthetshoulder 38clas'thebolt 3.8 is slid rear "wardly bypressing'the; push but-ton 4l. V'AslV suming. theparts are in theA positionas shown.l :in Fig..5 rotation oflthe'diskff34 and oi'the feed rollers V"26'xandr28in a clockwise-'direc- ;tion,as ViewedzirrrFigs. 5 and:3,'will bespre-Av Ivented by the engagement Aotjpin35 with shoulder 38.0. Y 'presseduv inwardly, fthe shoulder-38d .will

As .the pushr button 4l is strike; the pin '36: and'` thereby rotateJthe disk A'34' for va shortjdistance. ,Theehannel 438is so plaeed' relativeuto the. pin. 35,.` thatV asfthis loccurs the shoulder' 38e'- willeb'e *carried l rearwardly beyond the. pin` 35 :and the pin 35' will .beswung to. the' position Ishownin:Fig 6 within theehannel 38?). 0f oourseshortly after the parts havextalen the. position shown nini Fig. 6, the -springf42 uponrelease'oi'ithe. push button 141,:will move the: bolt 38. ib aok to its original position asV vshown .in Fig. .5,

,but :the pin 35 willfno;longerxengagevthe shoulder38c. and asa f result, "it `will ibe' possible .to rotate the .disk 34 .through nearly, a

:sible,.by.1 reason ofthe engagement-,sof pinf35 complete revolution,.or until :thepin 35 again -strikesithelower side. of thefvshould-er138@ During this latter movement,.the pin `36 will VfreelyA pass through the oh'annelf38b of Vthe bolt, .to vagain assume itsv original 'position .as

'shownin Fig. 5. If the 'doorl'Oshould' be 1 opened, the spring 42 .will immediately move thebolt 38 forwardlyto .su'ohaposition'that the lower rear cornerof the bofltwill notoverlie' the disl 34 and as a result, 'it willbe iper- -fectly possible to rot'ate'fthe4 dish-.without interference byA the bolt'88 jwhen the door '1G' 'isfopen Y .To `fill the cabinet and setf'itupvready'for Vuse, the door l0'V will Abe lirst Lopened, `wherelupon Vthe platey22will vbe graspediand slid forwardly.4 A roll 20off-eleantowelingA4 may then be deposited'withinv the trou-gh 18 whereupon the free end of the .toweling-A will be.y grasped and- .earriedf rearwardly over the x clean4 .towel -eefd l roller 19 and thence forwardly and lover 'the ,top of `the alining roller,- 21. Aanwhenz the fdoor105s openythe A bolt-3:38; is projeotedrforwardly:` beyond the y disk.;34,..fit.jis @possible togfleelyrotate both ;feed'rollersfl9f andf26. and the frollerl),A aoL .cordingly,' will` noti prevent-the?towelinggbe e ing. payed? outfroncc. thercleanrftowel v'r,olli;2().v After; the; towelingA has' been carried over easing.A ''Thejfree edge' of:the.towelinginayf` -thenb'eptpushed.upA ,throughglthe ope'ningl` 13 between :the interlockingportion.2390i? ,plate 39 V2.2...and the rods24:whereuponseyeralturns `of the toweling'vw-ill-be lwounda'on thersoiiled i towel;take-up-froller;29. vlfjitisfdesi'redgto Y. .i 'renidve the rollerf'29-V from 'the cabinet .to L i Ywind the toweling thereon, this maybegreadj- "5@5 ily.'4 doneby` pushing the `roller 29,: upwardly to. its limit: of' upward Amovement in theislots .27 Landt28 iw'hereupon the. :right end iofiithe `roller, may be 'swung` forwardly`A and'ioutfof` rthe slot-281 to; y'withdraw the left endfpo the 39.0 .rollerffrona thefslot;27. Aftera'quantity; of the "towelinghasf been wound.l on ithearol'le'r 29,"stheL-rollernmay beas easily rein'serted withinethe :cabinet to frest by.l gravityi against .the soiled: Vtowel ;,fe.eld irllerz; 26. The 'plate .-22.: may nowpbeslidf rearwardly".towthez'full 4liiiefposition, Fig. 1,.: andflthe'-door 10 may i'be Vfsh'utitocause the.towelingsAtobeiengaged between the: inter-locking *portion 23 'of #the v button A41,; release-g'- thefrsame anddthen. draw ingfloop of. toweli-ngLLAs y"thetpush:button 41 4-is-pressed, assumingthat rotation.joath'efifee'd` v rthe disk ,34. will '"be :unlocked or.` released-rto 'permitfthe free rotationgof the "disk '34 and `old-"5f `the' two rollersl and'26 vthrough lthebalanee' ,off'a"completereiolutionxas thef rfront' 'run Y y `of th'e-floopof towelingA is drawnfdownfz A1 occurs, the same quantityeoftoweling that wound upon the soiled? towel italie-up roller 29. Thefinterlocking;portion=f23 of-plate22 Y and the rod T24 'placesuiiicient lfriction-ion thetowel web prior `to its'passage to the soi-ledfl'V f i i ytowel''take-,up roller-..29-that the toweling will .not Y overrun i on the take-upk rollery as the-.opy verator'oeases to .pull the towelin'gxl` PVAs; a'gre-Q .sult,.the soiledtoxtreling-will be evenlyi'vfoundv p .onto the roller 29,-aud it;wil.l-be tightly-.wound 1130i me, bwill be l'given apsh'ortinitiali'rotation b'yfuen-VV l, v gagernentz'ofzthe `shoulderz38b';with the 'pinv i 'f `-36 as has jbeenxabove explained, whereuponV thereon. After theioperator haslpulledidown- Y wardlyon the frontl 'runot the depending loop ofltoweling A for aishort time, the pin .35V will befrotated to such Aasposition that itvv again engages the-.shoulder 380,whereupon lfurther movement ofthe feedirollers "19 and v 26Vfand further ydispensation of Aclean por, f tions of theitowelingawill 'be prevented un# Aj'ftil'the'ipushbutton 41;` is kagain pressed in'.

war'dly` There is,ot course, someslight play `between the trunnions of theta-k'e-uproller i :29andltheportions ofthe side ramesl and l17 "forming the walls*o'ftheslots 27Y and 28.` Slight. bodily movementof theroller 29 together Ywith whatever toweling/iswound .thereon, is thusfpossible in .a yforward'and y rearward direction; The-.towel cabinet is usually made of asshorta depth as lpossible low the eXtreme upper portion of the feed` A"to accommodate the particular size roll of" 'roller,it1will .notfbe .possible forv vthe soiled toweli'ng onthe roller 29 vtostrikel the clean toweling .at 'anytime 'even though 'a large quantity ot soiled `toweling 'is wound on` the roller 29, and even though the play between 'Y the trunnions of tliefrollerl29` andthe por-y tions'fof the sideframes 16 and 17` forming the sides of theslots 27 and`28 =is sufficient :towpermit engagement between the ysoiled toweling andthe clean toweling, if therrollerV 29 is moved to itsfextreme forward4 position.

Theforce ofgravitv will retain,I the trunnions 'of the .roller 29 ,at/alltimesj in engagement iwith therear walls of` the slots27 and 28 fbecauseV of the 'inclination 'of the `slot 27 and the lower` portion of the slot Q8' relative to the vertical. .f Y-

w 'My :mechanism vcontrolling Y deliv- Very of toweling :from the'cabinet `fully dis- .closed :in .another applicationior patent-of Vmine. entitled .Towel`- cabinet,filed simulltaneouslyzwith Vthis application.l f this mechanism, the two :feed rollers'. 19,Y and 26 'Y Qare capableof vfreerotation when doorl() is I. opened, zand it is .thus readily possible -to Y 'withdraw toweling from the clean towel .roll

Y.uit "f I controlling -the delivery of the 20," without interference fby the mechanism toweling, as thecabinetisv being loaded. l, By the `provision vof-.th'e Vslidingl plate 22, 'the cabinet can bevery'q'uickly loaded and yet friction can Vbeplaced'against thetowel-` Qing prior'to the ltimejthat it carried tothe take-r 10'116129 '1250 Causezthetowelng tolbe evenly wound onthetakeup roller. It will also-benoted that vthe plate 22acts to space the soiled frun of thejloopja long distance Il. A towel cabinet comprising v l having axfrontop'ening, ya doorclosing Ysaid Vopening, means adjacent the'topiofsaid cas- Vingfor supportin'gfa supply ofclean toweli ing, said casing havi'ng a hand vreceiving j1',8eo',r2oi's f 4,from the cleanrunof the loop'of toweling,

"so .that contact betweenfthe clean and soiled ytowelingy-is` 'preventedatfthis' point. '.TheL

cabinet is compactandsanitary.

It will, of course, be understood that variparts without departing from the scope of the present invention.

L ouschanges may be made inthe form,details, g arrangement fand proportions 'of' the g various a casing opening at its bottom, soiled Vtowel takeup means adjacent thef bottom of the casing .whereby toweling may extend downwardly from said supplyadjacent the front of the j casing and depend below thebottomin a loop' and then extendupwardly ,throughsaid 'hand receiving opening adjacent the rearY j portionof the'casing to said take up means7 a plateot1 approximately the samewidthas j thefdepth. of Asaid casing,said plate being forward and rearward movement, said plate slidably mounted adjacent said bottom andi below said soiled towel take up .means for,

when slid rearwardly substantiallyclosing' .i

said handA receiving -openingand pressingV the' toweling against the rrear portion of; the

permitting threading C of :towleling :upwardly through said hand receiving opening to said take up means, said'door when'closed holding said plate'inrearwardly slid-portion; 4

lcabinet and s'aidplate when forwardlyslid Y Q rAtowel'cabinetY comprising, `a'casing,' c

means adjacent the top oit-said'V casingfo'r supporting a' supply 'of ."clean toweling, said vcasing having'abottomprovided with ahand c receiving openingadjacent the backthereof,V`

soiled towel takeupme/ans adjacentthe'bot- Vtom of the`casing,wherebythe toweling may extend' downwardly from said supplyiadja-fV lcentfthe frontlof theca's'ing and ydepend beflow said bottom in loop-and 'theniex'tendi upwardly through said hand 'receiving opening adjacent the rear portionv of the .casing to saidV take upv means, Va plate vslidably mounted above`-said bottom for Aforward and' rearward movement,saidplate having-an upwardly rolledirear edge, said plate when slid rearwardly voverlying said 'hand receiving c opening, a pair of spaoedrods Vmounted rads i-jacent'said bottom near the back of said 'casf ing." the upwardly rolled" rear edge of 'said plate Vadapted'to press the toweling against saidA rods when said plate is rearwardly/'slid Y' I Vand said plate,"whenV forwardly slid, per-V mitting threading "of `the toweling upwardly through said handvreceiving opening to said c takeupmeans 1" Y* 3. `A towel' cabinet comprising .a casing, a

trough fmountedfin said casing adjacent the Y Y top thereof, saidvtrough an upturned v forward edge terminating in spaced relation from the` top of the casing and said trough also having anupturned curved rear edge, ai

clean towel feed roller mounted in said casing adjacent the rear edge of said'trough and over theupper Vforward quadrant of which the rear edge of said trough extends, an aligning roller mounted below said trough at the front of said casing, soiled towel take up means mounted in spaced relation below said trough, whereby toweling may pass from the clean towel roll rearwardly over the upturned rear edge of said trough, thence around said clean towel feed roller and thence forwardly over said aligning roller and thence downwardly below said casing to extend in a loop, and the rear run of the loop? Y may project upwardly adjacent the back of said casing to said soiled toweltake means.

In testimony whereof I aX my signature. i

SAMUEL A. SCHWARTZ. 

